diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50e11f0..d3b6362 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <section class="release" id="unreleased">
 
-## Unreleased (2025-01-19)
+## Unreleased (2025-01-22)
 
 <section class="features">
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This release closes the following issue:
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`f2d2150`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/f2d21507493d82265ec30daa3aa00a0829e902c9) - **bench:** refactor random number generation in `stats/base/dists/cauchy` [(#4850)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/4850) _(by Karan Anand)_
 -   [`1188836`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/118883606bab688a753219662cb78850e7a48237) - **feat:** add C implementation for `stats/base/dists/cauchy/median` [(#3958)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/3958) _(by Vivek Maurya, Philipp Burckhardt, stdlib-bot)_
 
 </details>
@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@ This release closes the following issue:
 
 ### Contributors
 
-A total of 2 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following contributors:
+A total of 3 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following contributors:
 
+-   Karan Anand
 -   Philipp Burckhardt
 -   Vivek Maurya
 
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.js b/benchmark/benchmark.js
index b46d01d..926e8b7 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 var bench = require( '@stdlib/bench-harness' );
 var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
-var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
+var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-uniform' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan' );
 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-eps' );
 var pkg = require( './../package.json' ).name;
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ bench( pkg, function benchmark( b ) {
 	x0 = new Float64Array( len );
 	gamma = new Float64Array( len );
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-		x0[ i ] = ( randu() * 100.0 ) - 50.0;
-		gamma[ i ] = ( randu() * 20.0 ) + EPS;
+		x0[ i ] = uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
+		gamma[ i ] = uniform( EPS, 20.0 );
 	}
 
 	b.tic();
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.native.js b/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
index b777fdd..b46844e 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var bench = require( '@stdlib/bench-harness' );
 var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
-var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
+var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-uniform' );
 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-eps' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils-try-require' );
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ bench( pkg+'::native', opts, function benchmark( b ) {
 	x0 = new Float64Array( len );
 	gamma = new Float64Array( len );
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-		x0[ i ] = ( randu() * 100.0 ) - 50.0;
-		gamma[ i ] = ( randu() * 20.0 ) + EPS;
+		x0[ i ] = uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
+		gamma[ i ] = uniform( EPS, 20.0 );
 	}
 
 	b.tic();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4c190bf..43ef931 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@stdlib/constants-float64-ninf": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/constants-float64-pinf": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/random-base-randu": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/random-base-uniform": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/utils-try-require": "^0.2.2",
     "tape": "git+https://github.com/kgryte/tape.git#fix/globby",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.1",